Open Source Insider:

February, 2011

Of course we know that there are only lies, damn lies and statistics -- and it's worth remembering that fact before we consider looking at the broad brush claims made by a Gartner survey earlier this month, which "revealed" that more...

The GNOME open source desktop environment has reached version 3.0 Beta 1 (2.91.90) this week. The first of two Beta releases on the road to the release candidate due on the 23rd of March, with the final GNOME 3.0.0 release scheduled for the 6th of April.
Named according to the GNU Network Object...

So how could the fastest growing operating system on the planet not have its own social networking website? Apparently it doesn't, as I Am Android appears to have popped up out of nowhere to offer a compendium of Android news sites, video content and even...

Speaking personally, the fallout from Mobile World Congress sits at three levels. There's the fact that I missed a complete night's sleep due to a crazy early takeoff slot, 1 CommentRSS FeedEmail a friend

The trouble with open source is that it can be a huge place to explore. Actually no, that's the same problem you get when you go scouting around the Microsoft or IBM websites and find that there is actually just too much information sometimes -- but you know what I mean.

As open source becomes ever further embedded (no pun intended) into the fabric of our IT infrastructures everywhere, certain questions arise. Firstly, when is enterprise open source free of charge? Answer: well, almost never. Companies know that they need to pay for service, maintenance and...

Data protection company Absolute Software has launched a closed beta of its Computrace Mobile platform for Android to provide asset administration, data protection and geolocation tracking for the Android line of devices. The technology will allow companies to use geolocation services to remotely...

The OpenStack large-scale open source cloud project and its standards-focused community members are this week gathered at mission control to witness the launch of the 'Bexar' code release of OpenStack Compute and Object Storage. With a variety of new features on offer, this Rackspace and NASA...

Canonical is forecasting clear skies for the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC), which is now available on Dell PowerEdge C2100 and C6100 servers as an option to build a business's Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) foundation.

OpenLogic's work in enterprise open source software support, scanning and governance solutions has allowed the company to record sales growth in 2010. The company says that economic recovery is accelerating enterprise investment in high-quality, low-cost open source software, which is in turn...